Nevada ranks No. 1 nationally in voter turnout increase from 2008

11:05 PM,
Nov. 12, 2012

Early voting in Dayton has been popular, including last Tuesday when Russell Peterson (right), a disabled Air Force veteran, joins others to vote for the first time. Last Tuesday saw the heaviest day of early voting in Dayton, when 623 cast their ballots, and 2,524 had voted in Dayton through the first five days it was offered there.

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Nevada's voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election increased the most of any state in the nation compared to 2008 turnout, according to a recent data compilation by New York Times blogger Nate Silver.

Silver - a mathematician who accurately predicted the outcome of every state in the 2012 presidential election - compiled data of all 50 states and how they did in voter turnout.

The data showed voter turnout was down nationally from 2008 with only nine of the 50 states improving in turnout. ...